“There was a reasonable budget when we started out but as with everything money is getting less and less, and we always feel there’s a need for ideas and refreshing things.

"Rather than try and do something with less money we decided to take that breath with a view to coming back in 2016 with something much more solid with a future.”

However, although the organisation made the decision not to apply for Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Portfolio Organisation funding, it has been awarded ACE’s Grants for the Arts funding of £12,000.

“This is just a small amount of money to get somebody objective in to develop the festival,” added Ms Tait.